American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass

Pages: 143 - 150
Published: May 15, 2018
Abstract
This article argues that racial segregation is crucial to explaining the emergence of the urban underclass during the 1970s. A strong interaction between rising rates of poverty and high levels of residential segregation explains where, why and in which groups the underclass arose. This argument is developed with simulations that replicate the economic conditions observed among blacks and whites in metropolitan areas during the 1970s but assume...
Paper Details
Title
American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
Published Date
May 15, 2018
Pages
143 - 150
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